[H-verkko] Invitation: Crossing borders of the welfare state (lectures and discussion), Wed 11.5., 1-6pm, Helsinki

[Saara Pellander]

INCLUSIONS AND EXCLUSIONS – CROSSING BORDERS OF THE WELFARE STATE
Wednesday 11 May 2011, Swedish School of Social Science, Helsinki

The Nordic Ph.D.-student Network for Research on Immigration,  
Integration & Welfare (WelMi) invites you to join four public lectures  
by established international scholars on the relationship between  
welfare states and immigration at the Swedish School of Social Science  
(Snellmansgatan 12, Helsingfors) Lecture hall, 11 May 2011, 1–6 pm.  
The event is organized in cooperation with the NCoE NordWel and the  
Swedish School of Social Science.

13.00 WELCOMING WORDS
Prof. Pauli Kettunen, University of Helsinki

13.15 IMMIGRATION POLICY: CONTRADICTIONS, CONTINUITY AND EXCLUSION
Prof. Rosemary Sales, Middlesex University
Commentary by Adjunct Prof. Pasi Saukkonen, University of Helsinki

14.15 WHEN RIGHTS DISAPPEAR: EU MIGRATION POLICY IN A POST-SOCIAL EUROPE
Associate Prof. Peo Hansen, Linköping University
Commentary by Prof. Sirpa Wrede, University of Helsinki

15.15-15.45 Coffee break

15.45 GENDER EQUALITY AND THE NORDIC WELFARE STATES: ACTORS, DYNAMICS  
AND INSTITUTIONS
Prof. Anette Borchorst, Aalborg University
Commentary by Adjunct Prof. Suvi Keskinen, University of Turku

16.45 ETHNIC ORGANISATION AND POLITICAL INTEGRATION
Prof. Bo Bengtsson, Uppsala University
Commentary by Adjunct Prof. Aino Saarinen, University of Helsinki

17.45 CLOSING OF THE EVENT
Prof. Pauli Kettunen, University of Helsinki

Rosemary Sales
is Professor Emiritus of Social Policy at Middlesex University. She  
has written and researched widely on migration processes and policy in  
Britain and Europe. Her recent research projects have focused on new  
migration to London, including Chinese and Polish migration, and on  
migration, schooling and diversity. Her most recent book Understanding  
Migration and Refugee Policy was published by Policy Press in 2007.

Peo Hansen
is a political scientist and Associate Professor at the Institute for  
Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society (REMESO), Linköping  
University. His main research interest lies in the contemporary as  
well as historical development of European integration. His  
publications include Migration, Citizenship, and the European Welfare  
State, co-authored with Carl-Ulrik Schierup and Stephen Castles  
(Oxford University Press, 2006); The Politics of European Citizenship:  
Deepening Contradictions in Social Rights and Migration Policy,  
co-authored with Sandy B. Hager (Berghahn Books, 2010); and Eurafrica:  
The Untold History of European Integration and Colonialism,  
co-authored with Stefan Jonsson (Bloomsbury Academic. Forthcoming 2012).

Anette Borchorst
is Professor at the Department of Political Science, Aalborg  
University, Denmark. Her primary research interests are related to the  
intersection between gender, ethnicity and class in public policies.  
Among her recent publications are Borchorst, Anette & Mari Teigen  
(2010) ”Political Intersectionality: Tackling Inequalities in Public  
Policies in Scandinavia”, Kvinder, Køn & Forskning, 2–3, and  
Borchorst, Anette & Birte Siim (2008) ”Woman-friendly Policies and  
State Feminism: Theorizing Scandinavian Gender Equality”, Feminist  
Theory 9(2).

Bo Bengtsson
is Professor of Political Science, esp. housing and urban policy, at  
Uppsala University, Sweden. He has published extensively in the field  
of housing policy and politics, in recent years also on integration  
politics and ethnic organization. Theoretically, his main interests  
are historical institutionalism, political opportunity structures,  
corporatism and perspectives of thin rationality. He has been keynote  
speaker and workshop organizer at a number of international  
conferences, and is a member of the editorial board of Housing, Theory  
and Society. He has been the editor of five books, most recently  
Diversity, Integration and Citizenship in Scandinavia (with Per  
Strömblad and Ann-Helén Bay).

For additional information, please contact WelMi coordinator Saara  
Pellander, saara.pellander at helsinki.fi

PLEASE NOTE: The programme is open to all and does not require  
registration. However, we ask that you please inform WelMi coordinator  
Saara Pellander by Friday 6.5. if you plan to be present at the coffee  
break, so that the appropriate amount of refreshments can be reserved.